2022
Opening of the new Wendlingen-Ulm line: The new line will significantly speed up long-distance traffic at the start of the new timetable on December 11, thus making an important contribution to more traffic on climate-friendly rail. In the future, trains will be able to cross the Swabian Alb at high speed. This will not shorten the travel time between Stuttgart and Munich significantly.
Massive improvement of services on the Magistrale: Since the beginning of 2022, a Nightjet runs three times a week from Vienna to Paris, operated by ÖBB in cooperation with SNCF and DB. On Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, there will be direct connections from Vienna Central Station via St. Pölten, Linz, Salzburg and Munich to Karlsruhe, Strasbourg, Nancy and Paris Gare de l’Est.
2021
Completion of the Filstal Bridge on the 120-kilometer Wendlingen-Ulm new line. The Filstal Bridge, which is around 500 meters long and 85 meters high, is the third-highest railroad bridge in Germany and the top bridge in Baden-Württemberg.
Stuttgart will become Germany’s first digital rail hub. Phase I: Equipping the S-Bahn fleet on the main line/inner S-Bahn nodes with ETCS Level 2 by 2025. Phase II: Transferring the results of the pilot project to the region.
2016
Commissioning of the 106 km Baudrecourt – Vendenheim high-speed line.
2015
Full commissioning of Vienna Central Station.
2012
Commissioning of the new St. Pölten-Vienna line and partial commissioning of the new Vienna Central Station.
2011
Commissioning of the upgraded Augsburg-Munich line.
2010
Inauguration of the new double-track Rhine bridge Strasbourg-Kehl.
2007
Inauguration of the 300 km long high-speed line Paris-Baudrecourt. As a result, regular cross-border TGV connections between Paris, Strasbourg, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Ulm, Augsburg and Munich.
2007
Commissioning of the newly built 4-track Danube bridge between Ulm and Neu-Ulm and the lowered railroad line Ulm-Augsburg in the area of Neu-Ulm station as well as new construction of the connection of the railroad line Ulm – Kempten.
2005
Appointment of Prof. Dr. Péter Balázs as EU coordinator for the Paris-Bratislava priority project (PP17) of the Trans-European Networks.
Video – Priority axis Paris-Bratislava
Video – Axe ferroviaire prioritaire Paris-Bratislava
2004
The Magistrale becomes a priority project of the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T, PP17 and in parts PP22). Decision No. 884/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
1992
Signing of the agreement between the Federal Minister of Transport of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Minister of Equipment, Housing and Transport of the French Republic on the Paris – East France – Southwest Germany high-speed rail link (“Treaty of La Rochelle”).
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